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Albania moves ahead with inclusive and sustainable industrial development
13 March 2020
VIENNA, 13 March 2020 – UNIDO and the Government of the Republic of Albania have agreed a comprehensive programmatic framework to achieve inclusive and sustainable industrial development over the next five years.
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China's story of eliminating Freon: a road to greener development
03 December 2019 | By: UNIDO
Beginning in the 1990s, China embarked on a journey to phase out Freon, types of ozone-depleting substances used in refrigerators. By July 2007, China had achieved its goal but how did it do it?
UNIDO and #WorldEnvironmentDay 2019 - Together we can #BeatAirPollution
04 June 2019 | By: UNIDO
UNIDO is continuing to work with governments and industry to reduce industrial pollution and improve air quality
Albania steps up fight against climate change
18 January 2019
TIRANA– Albania has ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. It will reduce use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), powerful greenhouse gases used mainly in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment, which are thousands of times more harmful to the climate than CO2.
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UNIDO, Italy support small manufacturers in Iran to comply with global environmental agreements
20 November 2018
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Iran’s National Ozone Unit (NOU) today organized a workshop in Tehran to formulate a technical and business strategy to support small manufacturers of refrigeration equipment and insulation material with the adoption of new ozone- and climate-friendly substances and technologies.
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04 October 2018
An important milestone has been reached today in a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) project in Afghanistan focusing on the phase out of ozone-depleting substances – hydro-chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) – in the country, as two key stakeholders signed an agreement which will facilitate the training of thousands of technicians working in the refrigerator and air conditioner services sector on how to handle climate friendly but flammable substances.
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Ecuador – pioneering the destruction of ozone depleting substances
24 May 2018 | By: Daniel CHANG
Ecuador is the first South American country to successfully destroy chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) avoiding emissions of GWG and ozone depletion. The Government, UNIDO and the private sector have been ...
Climate-friendly supermarket refrigeration installed in Jordan
27 February 2018
AMMAN, 27 February 2018 – One of the most advanced refrigeration systems for supermarkets using CO2 as refrigerant was inaugurated in Jordan today. The official ceremony to unveil the new refrigeration system took place today at the Al Salam supermarket in Amman in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Environment, Ahmad Al Qatarneh, representing the Minister of Environment, Nayef Al Fayez.
Read moreIraq moves forward on ozone protection
08 December 2017
Iraq's country strategy to eliminate ozone-depleting substances is on track after being approved at the 58th Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
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UNIDO has mobilized US$849m to protect the ozone layer and reduce global warming
08 December 2017 | By: Charles ARTHUR
Since becoming an implementing agency of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol in 1992, UNIDO has completed around 1,400 projects to phase-out ozone-depleting ...